Valiant Armoury Viking Sword.
Aug 26, 2007 17:50:09 GMT
Post by YlliwCir on Aug 26, 2007 17:50:09 GMT
My name is Richard Williams from Evansville IN USA. This is my review of Valiant Armourys Viking Sword.
I bought this sword from Bladeseller for $150 and $25 delivery charge.
I debated whether or not to due a review on this sword. I decided to do it because I don't see any reviews
on any Valiant Armoury swords on this forum and thought it might be useful information on someone thinking
about a purchase of this brand of sword.
I kind of got this sword on accident as I ordered it on a whim. I then had to leave town suddenly and was gone
for a month or so. I didn't think the sword had arrived in my absence as I had some one collecting my deliveries
and they made no mention of it. I contacted Bladeseller and he said it had shipped. I insisted it hadn't arrived
and they refunded my money even though their records showed it was delivered. I give big customer service credit
to then as I found out later my neice had picked up a sword sized parcel and hadn't told me. I by then didn't
really want the sword as I had ordered different one but due to Bladesellers customer friendly conduct I kept it.
(Yeah, I paid for it again).
The sword arrived well packed and greased. The first thing I noticed was how bulky it was. the fixtures are thick, looks like stainless steel. The blade is made of a decent carbon steel it seems with a little flex the way I like it and a shallow fuller.
The grip is rather large for my hand. Comes with a basic leather sheath.
It seems solid enough however, it resembles a viking sword only in that they are both sword shaped and made of metal.
This does not concern me much. My main focus on swords when I bought this one was durablity.
Here are some stats: Overall length- 34 inches, blade length- 21 1/4 inches, blade width-2 1/8 inches, hilt- 6 3/4 inches,
POB- 5 1/2 inches below guard, weight- 3 1/2 lbs
Now for the testing. Part of the reason I decided to go ahead with this review was my wife said our yard was looking
like the set of "Sanford and son". As I said I bought this sword with durability in mind so I decided to use it to chop
up the junk out back. I also have taken a notion to do some cutting lately so I tried my hand with this sword with mixed
results.
As the pictures show I didn't meet with a lot of success in the cutting, partly my skill level, but also the sword is a
bit unweildly.
I had a bit more success at the heavy work. First the bucket test.
Firewood
On to the clean up my wife mentioned earlier. The table got broken when I hacked my hard hat in half in my KC gladius review.
I also finished off the barstool the gladius started.
The sword suffered no significant damage, some expected scrathes and still tight in the fittings . However I can't say it did
too well on the cutting as it is too clumsy for me but It is very durable and is a good chopper. I'm glad I have it as it
broadens the range of my collection. I have seen pictures of some new products from Valiant Armoury that I find interesting.
Historical accuracy- 1/5
Fit and finish - 3/5
Handling - 2/5
Structural integrity- 4/5
Value for money - 3/5
I bought this sword from Bladeseller for $150 and $25 delivery charge.
I debated whether or not to due a review on this sword. I decided to do it because I don't see any reviews
on any Valiant Armoury swords on this forum and thought it might be useful information on someone thinking
about a purchase of this brand of sword.
I kind of got this sword on accident as I ordered it on a whim. I then had to leave town suddenly and was gone
for a month or so. I didn't think the sword had arrived in my absence as I had some one collecting my deliveries
and they made no mention of it. I contacted Bladeseller and he said it had shipped. I insisted it hadn't arrived
and they refunded my money even though their records showed it was delivered. I give big customer service credit
to then as I found out later my neice had picked up a sword sized parcel and hadn't told me. I by then didn't
really want the sword as I had ordered different one but due to Bladesellers customer friendly conduct I kept it.
(Yeah, I paid for it again).
The sword arrived well packed and greased. The first thing I noticed was how bulky it was. the fixtures are thick, looks like stainless steel. The blade is made of a decent carbon steel it seems with a little flex the way I like it and a shallow fuller.
The grip is rather large for my hand. Comes with a basic leather sheath.
It seems solid enough however, it resembles a viking sword only in that they are both sword shaped and made of metal.
This does not concern me much. My main focus on swords when I bought this one was durablity.
Here are some stats: Overall length- 34 inches, blade length- 21 1/4 inches, blade width-2 1/8 inches, hilt- 6 3/4 inches,
POB- 5 1/2 inches below guard, weight- 3 1/2 lbs
Now for the testing. Part of the reason I decided to go ahead with this review was my wife said our yard was looking
like the set of "Sanford and son". As I said I bought this sword with durability in mind so I decided to use it to chop
up the junk out back. I also have taken a notion to do some cutting lately so I tried my hand with this sword with mixed
results.
As the pictures show I didn't meet with a lot of success in the cutting, partly my skill level, but also the sword is a
bit unweildly.
I had a bit more success at the heavy work. First the bucket test.
Firewood
On to the clean up my wife mentioned earlier. The table got broken when I hacked my hard hat in half in my KC gladius review.
I also finished off the barstool the gladius started.
The sword suffered no significant damage, some expected scrathes and still tight in the fittings . However I can't say it did
too well on the cutting as it is too clumsy for me but It is very durable and is a good chopper. I'm glad I have it as it
broadens the range of my collection. I have seen pictures of some new products from Valiant Armoury that I find interesting.
Historical accuracy- 1/5
Fit and finish - 3/5
Handling - 2/5
Structural integrity- 4/5
Value for money - 3/5